Board Thread:Pokémon Help/@comment-31398341-20171026040947/@comment-32358261-20171103111610

Gigalith doesn’t have quad weakness to fighting and better defence. While tyranitar is a better choice. Gigalith does decently at lower tiers. Also while lucario itself is slightly underwhelming, mega lucario is really good. Adaptability close combat means you have a 240 base power move. It’s really strong.

Mega lucario can just as easily run a mixed or special set too. Flash cannon, vacuum wave, aura sphere, power up punch, bullet punching of course close combat. All these moves have their powered doubled. Coming off a 145 attack and 140 special attack, it hurts.

I didn’t even properly train a mega lucario and I have literally swept entire teams with it. Of course I was likely battling players that have no idea what competitive battling is but seriously mega lucario’s power shouldn’t be doubted.

I don’t think giving lucario a mega slot a bad idea. The Pokémon you mentioned were all good but each perform slightly differently. Most steel types are too slow to work as a sweeper unless choice scarf which isn’t even available. Only blaziken (mega or non mega) and marshadow can be considered just as strong as mega lucario. Mega metagross could also fit into a similar role.

To put it simply, having a mega lucario is definitely not a wasted mega slot. Mega Audino or mega garchomp is a wasted mega slot.